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BESIGN The Sustainable Design School in Nice, in the South of France, is the only institution of higher education systematically linking design to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals from United Nations. We teach our students to act both for the human being and for the planet, using design processes to serve Sustainable Innovation. Our students understand that the call for the sustainable transition is a global issue and gathers the full commitment of creative minds from different backgrounds. Therefore, the education at BESIGN The Sustainable Design School is related to tangible problems, the proposed solutions are holistic, considering the complexity of the human society and the challenges related to the climate change.
INTAKE: September 2024
Admission criteria: Highschool degree
Duration: 3 years
Teaching Language: English
Bachelor’s degree Assistant Designer in Sustainable Innovation
Price: First year of the Bachelor level: 6.900€ (7.900€ for non-EU citizens). Second and third years of the Bachelor level: 9.600€ (10.600€ for non-EU citizens)
+ 400€ administrative fee (once)
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INTAKE: September 2024
Admission criteria: Bachelor’s degree in Design, Architecture, Engineering or other creative profiles.
Duration: 2 years
Teaching Language: English
Degree: Our Diploma Designer en Innovation Durable (Designer in Sustainable Innovation) is recognized by the French national register of professional qualifications (RNCP), as a level 7 of the European qualifications Framework (EQF).
Tuition fee : First and second years of the Master level: 10.000 € per year (11.000 € for non-Eu citizens*).
400 € registration fee (to be paid once)
*European Union
Reduction of 400 € per year for Bachelor degree students BESIGN School.
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Scholarships for international students
You want to study at BESIGN The Sustainable Design School, but you need financial help? Our scholarship, granted by The SDS Friends endowment fund, is based on excellence criteria, as well as your motivation and the relevance of your future plans as a Designer in Sustainable Innovation. The scholarship is limited to 1.500€ per study year, for a maximum of two years. To apply, you will need to provide us with your former degrees, the transcript of records, your CV and cover letter. For more information, please book a call with us.
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University Côte d’Azur (UCA) is a community of schools, universities and institutions of higher education dedicated to research, education and innovation. BESIGN The Sustainable Design School is one of the founder members of UCA and remains an associate member. The spirit of our relation to the fellow UCA members, is to be constantly driven by the power of collaboration, and transversal competences for the sake of innovation. The diversity of the universities and institutions allow an exciting encounter between the teaching methodology, the professional skills, and the expertise. One of the major axes of UCA is to develop innovation and design, including all the new methodologies that are inherent to them. BESIGN The Sustainable Design School plays an important role within this context.
These companies apply Sustainable Design Innovation and are our partners
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Arnaud Halloy
Terrains Ethnographique
![Agnes KUBIAK](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Agnes-KUBIAK.jpg)
Agnès Kubiak
Trends & stories
![Arturo BARRON](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Arturo-BARRON.jpg)
Arturo Barron
Graphic Design
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Amandine JUGLARET
Administrative Manager
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Aurélie CLOÎTRE
Executive Assistant
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Catherine LENGLET
Knowledge Design
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Catherine BARBARO
Digital illustration
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Cédric CHAUVET
Head of Marketing & Communication
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Patrick LE QUEMENT
Cofounder
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Christine TRUC MODICA
Life centered Design
![Christophe PRADERE](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Christophe-PRADERE.jpg)
Christophe Pradere
Maestro Session
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Chrystel SIMONE
Circular Economy
![Cosette SALIBA](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Cosette-SALIBA.jpg)
Cosette Saliba
Design Futures, Trends and Innovation
![David JEANNE](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/David-JEANNE.jpg)
David Jeanne
Frugal Innovation
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Elodie PARENT RIQUET
Project team management
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Emmanuel FILLOT
Design poetics
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Gilles BELLAÏCHE
Design Project
Gabriella JARRATT
English
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Grant LINSCOTT
Academic Director
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Gregory LUDDENI
Head of Student Life
![Gaetanne GENGEMBRE](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Gaetanne-GENGEMBRE.jpg)
Gaetanne Gengembre
Maestro Session
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Géraldine Hatchuel
Choregraphie and the nature of your experience
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Inken KREVET
Director of International Academic Relationships
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Isabelle CUNHA DE ALMEIDA
Drawing
![Jacques CHIRAZI](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Jacques-CHIRAZI.jpg)
Jacques Chirazi
Biomimicry methodology
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Jean GIRARD
Executive Director
![Jerome SCHMIDER](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Jerome-SCHMIDER.jpg)
Jérôme Schmider
User experience
![JulienCHARTIER- Design Project Sketching](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/JulienCHARTIER-Design-Project-Sketching-1.jpg)
Julien CHARTIER
Design Project Sketching
![Julien HOLTZER](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Julien-HOLTZER.jpg)
Julien Holtzer
Arduino + Design Challenge
![Jean-Marie MASSAUD](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Jean-Marie-MASSAUD.jpg)
Jean Marie Massaud
Maestro Session
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Laetitia WOLFF
Design for Impact
![Laurent BOUZIGE](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Laurent-BOUZIGE.jpg)
Laurent Bouzige
Project Monitoring
![Lucas RIHOUEY](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lucas-RIHOUEY.jpg)
Lucas Rihouey
Choregraphie and the nature of your experience
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Mahé GAUCHEROT
Sustainable Design Culture
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Marc VANPETEGHEM
Cofounder
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Marianne MENSAH
Sustainable development goals
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Märta WYDLER
Volumes shadows lights and color technics
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Maurille LARIVIERE
Cofounder and Director
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Maxime LE QUEMENT
Vidéo
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Michel CATANIA Mock up and Prototyping
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Michel Buffa
AI basics
Michel CALLOIS
Law and lndustrial properties
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Pascal BARDEL
Design Project
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Philippe COSTARD
Design Poetics
![Philip NEMETH](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Philip-NEMETH.jpg)
Philip Nemeth
Sketch/Rough
![Tim Rumage – Systems, Synergy and Symbiosis](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Tim-Rumage-Systems-Synergy-and-Symbiosis-1.jpg)
Tim RUMAGE
Systems Synergy and Symbiosis
![Thibault DESOMBRE](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Thibault-DESOMBRE.jpg)
Thibaut Desombre
Maestro Session
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Valerie SALONE
Marketing
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Vincent GAUNORD
3D Rhino Design Project
![Yannick LE GUINER](https://besignschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Yannick-LE-GUINER.jpg)
Yannick Le Guiner
Design for sustainability
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Plane
Nice Airport
Lignes 200 (towards Cannes)
Stop Val Fleuri
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TRAIN
Cros de Cagnes station
+8min walk
(nearly 600m)
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BUS
Line 9, 200, 400, 500
Stop Val Fleuri
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Bike
Station n°317
+ 5min walk
(450m)
Our student association The Seeds – BDE was created in 2013, right after the foundation of BESIGN-The Sustainable Design School. Our objective is to create an active network, mingling students, and professionals, for collaborations in the field of association, events, projects, and international.
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